Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW) Competitors

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AU or SBSW?

36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sibanye Stillwater.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AngloGold Ashanti	$4.58B	2.25	-$235M	N/A	N/A
Sibanye Stillwater	$6.17B	0.48	-$2.05B	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti received 414 more outperform votes than Sibanye Stillwater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.46% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 47.14% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AngloGold Ashanti	Outperform Votes 447 57.46%	Underperform Votes 331 42.54%
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 33 47.14%	Underperform Votes 37 52.86%

Do analysts prefer AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti presently has a consensus target price of $33.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.22%. Sibanye Stillwater has a consensus target price of $4.98, suggesting a potential upside of 18.45%. Given AngloGold Ashanti's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AngloGold Ashanti is more favorable than Sibanye Stillwater.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AngloGold Ashanti	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Sibanye Stillwater	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the media prefer AU or SBSW?

In the previous week, Sibanye Stillwater had 2 more articles in the media than AngloGold Ashanti. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sibanye Stillwater and 5 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti. Sibanye Stillwater's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.51 indicating that Sibanye Stillwater is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AngloGold Ashanti	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sibanye Stillwater	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AU or SBSW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AngloGold Ashanti	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

AngloGold Ashanti beats Sibanye Stillwater on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.